Henry opens his mouth to move on to the next subject when the doors at the back of the room swing open. No one is ever late to a community meeting. It’s impossible to sneak in, because the large oak doors are heavy and scrape the floor when you push on them. All of the heads in the room–including mine–swivel toward the door. You could hear a pin drop in this silence, well maybe only I could hear it drop since most of the people here are hard of hearing, but still. A familiar tall and muscular form fills the doorway, making my heart skip. Adrian lets the thick door slam shut behind him, the
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